L' Arpeggiata Tickets

L'Arpeggiata is a baroque ensemble founded in Paris, France, in 2000 by the harpist and lutenist Christina Pluhar. L'Arpeggiata's members are today’s finest instrumentalists and in addition they work with the most exceptional singers from the baroque and the traditional music worlds. L'Arpeggiata's work and philosophy is based on improvisations on the music of the 17th century, a rich sound texture by blending all colours of various plucked instruments from the baroque period, a vocal interpretation influenced by traditional Italian folk music, as well as the creation and staging of attractive shows. Since its foundation in the year 2000, L'Arpeggiata has had an incredible response from the audience as well as from the critics: They have sold over 200,000 copies of their albums and have received outstanding reviews for their albums and concerts.
Their album "La Villanella" dedicated to the music of Girolamo Kapsberger has been considered ‘Event of the month’ by 'Répertoire des disques' in September 2001 and has been awarded with the 'Premio Internationale del disco per la musica italiana'.
Their second album "Homo fugit velut umbra" devoted to Stefano Landi was ’10 de Repertoire’, ‘Diapason Découverte’, ‘CD of the Week’ by BBC, ‘CD of the Month’ by Amadeus (Italy) and Prix Exellentia by Pizzicato (Luxemburg).
"La tarantella: Antidotum tarantulae", which proposes an encounter between baroque and traditional musicians, has been ’10 de Repertoire’, ‘CD of the Week’ by France Musique and ‘CD of the Month’ by Toccata (Germany).
"All'improvviso", their third album, was rewarded with 'Timbre de platine' by Opéra international, 'CD of the month' by BBC Magazine, and their fourth album "Rappresentatione di anima, et di corpo" by Emilio de' Cavalieri has won the prize of the academy « Charles Cros ».
Their last album "Los Impossibles" stars the King’s Singers as well as the Flamenco guitarist Pepe Habichuela. Furthermore, L’Arpeggiata gives concerts in all big festivals such as Lufthansa Festival London, Oude Muziek Utrecht, Festival de Pontoise, Printemps des Arts de Nantes, Theatre de Poissy, Theatre de Bordeaux, Rencontres de Vezelay, Festival Musique Sacree de Fribourg, Pfingstfestspiele Melk, Emociana Antigua Madrid, Flagey à Bruxelles, Festival de St Michel-en-Thierache, Festival de Sablé-sur-Sarthe, Brugge Musica Antica, Hong Kong Arts Festival, among many others. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.